Major Additions - vB.Sponsors - Forum and Category Sponsorship Ads with Statistics

vB.Sponsors
Forum and Category Sponsorship Ads with Statistics

Add sponsor's ads or Google AdSense to forums & categories

INTRO:
This extension will allow you to add sponsors to you forums and categories or use Google AdSense. You can also track the hits to each sponsor by date as well. See below for more features and demo sites.

For vBulletin 3.5.x, please see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=103327

For vBulletin 3.7.x, please see https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=183335

FEATURES:
-Enable sponsorship on forums and categories
-Ability to use Google AdSense code
-Use a banner or a text link
-Supports large banners for the top of the sponsored forum and small banners for the forum listing
-Tracks hits for each sponsor
-Statistics viewable inside Admin CP
-Ability to alter the "Forum sponsored by:" text
-Easy to use and install

INSTALLATION:
Documentation is located here.
I've found it's easier to maintain an online version rather than files included in the download.

THANKS:
...to vBulletin.org and its members.
...to the people who have installed this mod, suggested improvements and found bugs.

FEEDBACK:
Feedback Forums: http://www.DigitalDeviation.com/forums/
Feedback is always welcomed! Good or bad. Post all feedback and feature requests in this thread or in the forums above. Trust me, I'll be reading it even if I don't respond to every post.

SUPPORT:
Support Forums: http://www.DigitalDeviation.com/forums/
Should you need any assistance with this, you can reach me via the link above or by posting in this thread.

In either case, please post as much detail as possible with any code or screenshots pertaining to the issue. MySQL, PHP and web server software versions are helpful. You can obtain these from the Admin CP in vBulletin.

DONATE:
If you like this product, a donation would be appreciated. But of course its not required.


VERSION HISTORY:
2.0.6 - BugFix
-Changed maxversion attribute to enable vBulletin 3.7 installs
2.0.5 - Feature Add / BugFix
-Added version checking
-Added support for Google Adsense (template code has been updated)
-Fixed the table layout in the AdminCP
-Options are now controlled via vBulletin options

2.0.0 - Initial Release

DEMO SITES: If you'd like your forum added here, PM me.
Sites listed at http://www.digitaldeviation.com/proj...referencesites

---FEATURE REQUEST LIST---
-Integration: phpAdsNew integration
-Reporting: Sponsors able to view statistics from User CP
-Reporting: Export reports in PDF (or other) format
-Rights: Ability to hide sponsors based on a user's group
-Option: Rotating banner support
-Option: Multiple sponsors per forum/category
-Option: Remove the branding copyright
-Option: Ability to not show sponsor's banner in the main forum listing, but show when the forum is displayed.
-Option: Display ads in individual threads
-Option: Email the sponsor daily/weekly/monthly hit statistics

---KNOWN BUGS---
-NONE

Don't forget to click the install link below if you use it.

[imported_gc1]

Do you think this one will be updated for 3.7?

[whitetigergrowl]

Yeah I hope this gets updated for 3.7 too

[soletrader]

I have a problem when changing sponsor urls. It does not change but remains to keep the old inputted url. Any solution to this?

[Ambient Vizions]

I installed the hack with the directions provided but I still recieve this error message when I click on the banner ...

Warning: main(./global.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/43/d*********/htdocs/forum/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 32

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /homepages/43/d*********/htdocs/forum/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 32

There were 3 lines but I was able to manage removing one of the errors.

[geevest.com]

friend i have some problem about this.

if i click sponsor banner cant redirect to domain advertise.always show error message :

Warning: chdir() [function.chdir]: No such file or directory (errno 2) in /home/rlaw/domains/domain.com/public_html/forum/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 30

Warning: require_once(./global.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/rlaw/domains/domain.com/public_html/forum/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 32

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/rlaw/domains/domain.com/public_html/forum/vB.Sponsors/link.php on line 32

anyone can help?

[kimtown]

fixed

Can anyone tell me how to add these banners to the TOP of the forum? OR do I need a different mod? TIA!

[kimtown]

Not fixed Still getting the error messages when someone clicks on the banner links.

[robdawg]

You need to open the link.php file in the vb.Sponsors folder and edit line #30. You will need to put the correct path to your forum root.

[MrPHD]

Hi, this is version to 3.7.0 all Betas.

[forumrunt]

my sponsor banners are taking people to the forum home page not the site any ideas?